CBSE Class 6 Social Science India That Is Bharat Worksheet Set 02

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Question. _________ was the Chinese pilgrim who came to India in the 7th century CE.
Answer: Hiuen Tsang (Xuanzang)
Explanation: Hiuen Tsang walked all the way across mountains and deserts from China to learn in India.

Question. The phrase ‘Jambudvipa’ means __________.
Answer: the island of the fruit of the jamun tree
Explanation: In Sanskrit, 'Jambu' is the tasty purple jamun fruit and 'dvipa' means an island.

Question. The early Greeks referred to India as ‘__________’ or ‘Indike’.
Answer: Indoi
Explanation: Greek travelers called the people living near the Indus River the 'Indoi'.

Question. In the course of history, India has been called by many names, both by its __________ and by travelers from outside.
Answer: inhabitants
Explanation: Both the locals who lived here and travelers from far away gave India different names.

Question. The first foreigners to record India were the __________.
Answer: Persians
Explanation: Ancient Persian neighbours were the first outside visitors to write about India.

Question. _________ was the name of a Rig Vedic clan.
Answer: Bharata
Explanation: The Bharatas were an important family or clan mentioned in the ancient Rigveda.

Question. The Indian Constitution states ‘India, that is __________.
Answer: Bharat
Explanation: Our country has two official names in our Constitution: India and Bharat.

Question. The Mahabharata uses the words ‘Bharatavarsha’ and __________ to describe the Indian Subcontinent.
Answer: Jambudvipa
Explanation: Ancient texts used both of these special terms to describe the whole region.

True or False

Question. The Rig Veda was composed in medieval period.
Answer: False
Explanation: The Rigveda is from ancient times, thousands of years before the medieval era.

Question. The term ‘Hindustan’ first surfaced in a Greek inscription more than 2,000 years ago.
Answer: False
Explanation: It appeared first in a Persian rock carving around 1,800 years ago, not in Greek.

Question. The Persians addressed India as ‘Hind’, ‘Hidu’, or ‘Hindu’.
Answer: True
Explanation: Persians swapped the 'S' sound for 'H', turning Sindhu into Hind and Hindu.

Question. The RigVeda describes the whole geography of India.
Answer: False
Explanation: The Rigveda describes only the northwest river valleys, not all of southern India.

Question. The term ‘Bharat’ is included in the Indian Constitution.
Answer: True
Explanation: Yes! Our Constitution says "India, that is Bharat" right in its very first rule.

Question. Hiuen Tsang journeyed from China to India in the 7th century CE.
Answer: True
Explanation: Hiuen Tsang was a dedicated Buddhist monk who walked all the way across deserts and mountains from China to study in India.

Question. 'Sapta Sindhava' refers to the territory of ten rivers.
Answer: False
Explanation: In the ancient Sanskrit language, 'Sapta' means seven, so Sapta Sindhava actually means the land of seven rivers, not ten.

Question. The Vishnu Purana depicts 'Bharata' as the land north of the ocean and south of the Himalayas.
Answer: True
Explanation: The Vishnu Purana clearly says that India is the land situated between the snowy Himalayan peaks in the north and the big ocean in the south.

Questions / Assertion / Reason

Question. Assertion (A): The term ‘Hindu’ was originally a geographical term in early Persian.
Reason (R): The ancient Persians adapted the term ‘Sindhu’ to ‘Hindu’ to refer to the Indus River region.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is correct but (R) is wrong.
(D) (A) is wrong but (R) is correct.
Answer: (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
Explanation: Persians swapped the 'S' sound for 'H', turning the river Sindhu into Hindu to describe the land.

Question. Assertion (A): The name 'India' used in English is a relatively recent addition in the long history of names.
Reason (R): It evolved through Greek and Latin from earlier Persian and Sanskrit names for the Indus region.
(A) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
(B) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(C) A is true, but R is false.
(D) A is false, but R is true.
Answer: (A) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
Explanation: The English word came after traveling through Sanskrit, Persian, Greek, and Latin over many centuries.

Question. Assertion (A): The Mahäbharata uses the term ‘Jambudvipa’ to refer to a particular region in India.
Reason (R): ‘Jambudvipa’ means ‘the island of the fruit of the jamun tree’.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is correct but (R) is wrong.
(D) (A) is wrong but (R) is correct.
Answer: (B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
Explanation: Both facts are correct, but the fruit definition is just the literal meaning of the word.

Question. Assertion: The name ‘Bharat’ is of modern origin.
Reason: In South India, India is referred to as ‘Bharatam’.
(A) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
(B) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
(C) Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
(D) Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.
Answer: (D) Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.
Explanation: Bharat is an extremely ancient Vedic name, not modern at all, even though southern India uses Bharatam.

Question. Assertion (A): Xuanzang toured India in the 7th century CE.
Reason (R): He traveled to India to collect Buddhist texts and meet scholars.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is correct but (R) is wrong.
(D) (A) is wrong but (R) is correct.
Answer: (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
Explanation: Xuanzang undertook the difficult journey because he wanted to collect Buddhist holy texts from Nalanda.

Questions / Short Question Answers

Question. What phrase does the Indian Constitution use to describe the nation, and where is it found?
Answer: The Constitution uses the phrase "India, that is Bharat." It appears right at the beginning of the document, in the Preamble.
Explanation: This famous line appears right at the start of our Constitution to show that our ancient name and modern name belong to the same nation.

Question. Which region is known as ‘Sapta Sindhava’?
Answer: The northwest region of the Sub-continent is known as ‘Sapta-Sindhava’ or land of the seven rivers.
Explanation: It refers to the fertile northwestern plains of ancient India where seven great rivers flowed.

Question. What name does the Hindi version of the Constitution use to identify India?
Answer: The Hindi version of the Constitution refers to India as ‘Bharat Arthath India’.
Explanation: In the Hindi copy of the Constitution, 'Bharat Arthath India' simply means Bharat, which is India.

Question. Name the two titles which were mentioned in Mahabharata to refer to the Indian subcontinent.
Answer: Bharatavarsha and Jambudvipa.
Explanation: In the epic Mahabharata, our country was called both Bharatavarsha and Jambudvipa.

Question. Which ruler has used the name Jambudvipa to describe the Indian Subcontinent?
Answer: The famous Mauryan emperor Ashoka has used the name Jambudvipa in one of his inscriptions to describe the whole of India.
Explanation: Emperor Ashoka wrote messages of peace on rocks and pillars, using the name Jambudvipa for the empire.

Question. What does the Indian Constitution declare about ‘India’ and ‘Bharat’?
Answer: The Indian Constitution states that ‘India’ and ‘Bharat’ are interchangeable names for the same country. The Constitution’s preamble affirms, ‘India, that is Bharat’, recognising the country’s diverse cultural and historical heritage. This equivalence reinforces national unity, acknowledging the coexistence of multiple names for a single nation.
Explanation: The Constitution explains that India and Bharat are two equal names for our wonderful motherland.

Question. What term is often used to refer to the geographical region that includes India and its adjacent countries?
Answer: The Indian Subcontinent.
Explanation: A subcontinent is a very large landmass separated from the rest of the continent by natural barriers like mountain ranges and seas.

Question. Several Chinese travellers have visited India over the centuries. Name any two of them.
Answer: Two famous Chinese travellers who visited India were Xuanzang (Hiuen Tsang) and Faxian (Fa-Hien). Their accounts are considered to be one of the most authentic sources of history.
Explanation: Travelers like Xuanzang and Faxian wrote diaries about their journeys that help us learn how people lived in ancient India.

Question. What names did the Chinese employ to refer to India?
Answer: The Chinese have referred to India as ‘Yintu’ or ‘Yindu’.
Explanation: Ancient Chinese scholars used Yintu and Yindu to describe the land of the Indus River.